Modeling of a micro auto-electrolytic cell for hydrogen production

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 10002-10009

  Wang, Huizhi ^a   Leung, Dennis Y C ^a   Xuan, Jin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Auto electrolysis; Hydrogen production; Magnesium alloys; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN; DEVELOPED MODEL; DYNAMIC MESH; ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTRODE REACTIONS; FUEL PROCESSORS; GALVANIC COUPLES; GEOMETRIC FACTORS; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; LAPLACE'S EQUATIONS; MAGNESIUM ANODE; MICRO-SCALES; MOVING BOUNDARIES; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; HYDROGEN; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84862158149     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.04.019     Document Type: Article

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